Mechanical motor.



No. 635,425. Patented Oct. 24, I899.

C. C. GLAWSON. MECHANICAL MOTOR.

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MECHANICAL MOTOR.

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CLEMENT C. CLAWSON, OF NEWARK, NEIV JERSEY.

MECHANICAL MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 635,425, dated October1399- Application filed April 24, 1899. Serial No- 7l4,173. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOLEMENT (J. OLAWSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Motors; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same,-

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of mechanical motor whichis more especially adapted for use as a toy or an ad vertising medium,but which may also be put to various other uses; and the invention hasfor its primary object to provide a simplyconstructed mechanism whichshall be operative in the movements of its parts and can be cheaplymade; and, furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide amechanism the main driving power of which is concealed, whereby theapparatus is admirably adapted as an advertising medium or a toy inimitation of a perpetual-motion device.

The invention therefore consists in the novel arrangement andcombinations of the various parts comprising the device or apparatus andin certain peculiarities of the construction of such parts, all of whichwill be hereinafter fully set forth, and finally embodied in the clausesof the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus embodying theprinciples of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a top oriplan View ofthesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device, taken online y in said Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of thesame, taken on line m in the same figure. tom view of the apparatus.Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of a standard or post forming a part ofthe apparatus, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a pair of sectionsemployed in the construction of said standard or post.

Similar letters ofreference are employed in all of the saidabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Fig. 5 is a bot- In said drawings, A indicates the complete device orapparatus,which consists, essentially, of an ornamental base a,preferably made of metal, which is provided with thedownwardly-projecting and ornamental edge a to form a suitable chamber0. The said edge a is preferably provided with a surrounding recess ainto which can be fitted a plate a, which is secured in position bymeans of screws a or in any other well-known manner. The under side ofthe said plate a has secured thereto any desirable number of legs orsupporting-knobs (1 which can be screwed upon screw-threaded lugs orposts projectingfrom the under surface of said plate a but one of saidlegs or knobs is screwed directly upon the screw end of thewinding-arbor b of a spring-actuated gear mechanism B, which may be ofany suitable construction, as will be clearly understood. Said gearmechanism may be attached directly to the plate a or it can be securedagainst the inner surface of the base a. Said mechanism B consists ofthe usual train of gears 19 and b, driven by a spring 19 and b is anescapement-wheel, with the teeth of the horizontally-pivoted escapementI). Said escapelnent is also provided with an arm b the purpose of whichwill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Secured upon the base a of the apparatus, directly in position above anopening a in said base, are a pair of sections 0 and c, which arepreferably made as indicated more particularly in Figs. 0 and 7. Eachsection is made with achanneled portion 0 which forms a rib on theoutside of the section, and with a foot piece 0 at the lower end and acupshape portion 0 at the upper end. The said sections 0 and c arepreferably struck up from thin sheet metal, and from an inspection ofFig. 6 ,it will be seen that when the surfaces c of each section and theedges 0 of said cup-shaped portions 0 (see Fig. 7) are placed togetherand united by means of solder the whole device will form a hollowpedestal or post and will have the appearance of a solid post, which isstrengthened by the vertical and tapering projections or ribs on thesides, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4 and as will beclearly understood from an inspection of said figures. Movably arrangedin the cup or socket formed by the portions 0 is a ball-shaped device d,which has a downwardly-extendin g rod 01, arranged to oscillate in theinner space of said supporting pedestal or post formed by the channeledportions 0 of the sections 0 and c, said rod d having its lower endpassed through the opening a in the base a and projecting into thechamber beneath said base, where it has its perforated end (Zoperatively connected with the arm 5 of the escapement, substantially asillustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The upper portion of said balldevice d is preferably curved or channeled, as indicated at (1 in Fig.4, and secured in this channeled portion of the ball device 61 is a baror beam (Z which is preferably made semicircular in cross-section.substantially as indicated in the several figures of the drawings, toprovide a channeled beam, on which may be movably placed a ball orroller 9. At or near each end of the said beam @1 1 have arranged adownwardly-extending plate 01', made substantially as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 23, in each of which is a pin or bolt (1 whereby a bearingis provided for a pivotal tripping device e and e at each end of thesaid beam d.

As illustrated in the several figures of the drawings, the base a isprovided with a pair of ornamental sockets a in which are adj ustablyarranged in any suitable manner upwardly-extending posts fand f, eachpost having a curved portionf and a downwardlyextendiug end piece fwhich is formed with a holding-tooth f Each one of said tripping devices6 and e hereinabove mentioned comprises an upwardly extending arm a,which has a V-shaped end adapted to be brought in holding engagementwith the tooth f and e is a short arm on each trip device, which ispreferably weighted, as at 6 said arms (2 extending toward thesupporting pedestal or post, so as to force the V- shaped ends of thearms 6 of the respective trip devices against the sides of the portion fof the respective postsfandf or in holding engagement with the teeth fof said posts, substantially as and in the manner to be hereinafter morefully set forth. Each device e and e is also provided with a stud or arm6 which is positively brought in contact with the end h ofasuitably-constructed spring 71, secured on each postfand f,substantially in the manner represented in Fig. 1. The said springs hare for the sole purpose of providing a positive contact between theV-shaped end of the arm 6' on each trip device 6 and 0 with the toothedends of the respective postsfand f.

The operations of the movable parts of the device are as follows:Suppose the gear mechanism B to have been wound by means of the foot orsupporting-knob a, which is attached to the winding-arbor of the springZ2 The several parts of the apparatus will then remain at rest in thepositions represented in Figs. 1 and 3. To start the oscillating beam dthe ball or roller 9 hereinabove mentioned is placed in the channel ofsaid beam at the raised end in the position indicated in dotted outlinein Fig. 3. Immediately the said ball or roller will move down theincline thus formed until it comes in contact with the side or edge ofthe arm 6 of the trip device e as indicated in dotted outline in saidFig. 3. The sudden impact of the said ball or roller g will force theV-shaped end of said arm 6 of the device e from its holding engagementwith the toothed portion of the partf of the post f. This disengagementof said parts will now permit the spring of the mechanism 13 to drivethe gears thereof and actuate the escapement-wheel and the escapement 6thereby causing a horizon tally-swinging motion of the arm connectedwith said escapement. At the same time the movement of said arm 6 willactuate the rod d and cause the ball device (Z to move or oscillate inthe socket formed by the two cupshaped shells or sections a of the postor pedestal hereinabove mentioned, thereby raising thepreviously-lowered end of the beam (1 with the ball or roller g inposition thereon and causing the opposite end of said beam d to becomelowered sufficiently to cause theholding engagementoftheV-shaped end ofthe arm 6 of the trip device 6 with the toothed end of the portion f ofthe post f. The ball or roller 9 can now move in the opposite directionupon said beam cl" until it strikes the arm 6' of said device'c andreleases it from its holding engagement with the toothed end of the saidpostf and again causing the locked or holding arrangement of the tripdevice c with the post f. Thus it will be evident that said devices 6and e alternately arrest the driving power of the gear mechanism B; butwhen either of said trip devices is disengaged from holding contact withthe free ends of the respective posts f and f then the gear mechanism Bwill actuate the beam d by means of the intermediately-arrangedmechanism during the time intervening, while the V-shaped end on the armc of the trip device moves downward until it engages the toothed end ofthe post f or f, as the case may be. It will thus be seen that the beamd will oscillate continuously, with the ball or roller moving back andforth in the channel thereon, until the spring-actuated gear mechanism Bruns down, the action of said ball or roller through theintermediately-arranged trip devices controlling the escapement and gearmechanism, and while said gear mechanism furnishes the motive power theapparatus will have the appearance of said ball or roller being thecause of actuating the oscillating beam (1, and at the same time thecompressed end of the spring that happens to be in contact with the studor arm 0" seeming to cause the lower end of the beam (l and the ball orroller thereon to be again raised to permit said ball or roller to moveback to its former position at the other end of the beam. By theherein-described arrangement of the several parts I have devised asimple, neat, and operative mechanism which can be used as a toy or asan advertising medium and has the appearance of a perpetual-motionmachine, and es pecially is this so in view of the fact that as soon asthe ball or rolleris removed from the channel in the beam the mechanismwill remain inactive.

I am aware that many changes may be made in the several arrangements andcombinations of the parts without departing from the scope of my presentinvention, for the rod d and the beam d may be differently hung in theupper bearing of the standard or post on the base a, and said rod 61 maybe differently connected with the free end of the arm 19 of theescapement. The channel in the beam 01 may also be of any othercross-section from that herein shown. Hence I do not limit my inventionto the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as hereindescribed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact details of the construction of such parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a mechanicalmotor, the combination, with a base, provided with a chamber, of ahollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on saidstandard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, and anoperating mechanism concealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam,and a connecting means in said hollow standard or post, connected withsaid beam and said operating mechanism, by means of which the latter mayactuate said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with abase, provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beamon said standard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, anoperating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connectedtherewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through saidhollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite endwith said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, a cupshaped bearingat the upper end of the same, an oscillating beam supported in saidbearing, a ball or roller movable on said beam, an operating mechanismconcealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rodconnected with said beam, extending through said tubular standard orpost and in operative engagement at its op posite end with saidescapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4:. In a mechanical motor, the combination,

with a base, provided with a chamber, of a standard or post on saidbase, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices at theends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices canbe brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam,adapted to engage with said trip devices, and an operating mechanismconcealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

5. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beamon said standard or post, trip devices at the ends of said beam, meanson said base with which said trip devices can be brought in holdingengagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engagewith said trip devices, an operating mechanism concealed in saidchamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected withsaid beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and inoperative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on" said base, a cupshaped hearingat the upper end of the same, an oscillating beam supported in saidbearing, trip devices at the ends of said beam, means on said base withwhich said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball orroller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices,an operatin g mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapementconnected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extendingthrough said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at itsopposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

7. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on saidstandard or post, trip devices pivot-ally connected with each end ofsaid beam,rodsfandf on said base,having curved end portions with whichsaid trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or rollermovable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, and anoperating means concealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beamon said standard or post, trip devices pivotally connected with each endof said beam, rodsfand f on said base, having curved end portions withwhich said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball orroller movable on said beam,-adapted to engage with said trip devices,an operat- ITO ing mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapementconnected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extendingthrough said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at itsopposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

9. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on saidstandard or post, trip devices a and e pivotally connected with each endof said beam, comprising arms 6, c and c rods f and f on said base,having curved end portions in holdingengagem cut with the free ends ofsaid arms 6, springs connected with said rods fand f, with the free endsof which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable onsaid beam, adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said trip devices, andan operating mechanism concealed in said chamber for actuating saidbeam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. I11 a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beamon said standard or post, trip devices 6 and 0 pivotally connected witheach end of said beam, comprising arms a, e and c, rodsfand f on saidbase, having curved end portions in holding engagement with the freeends of said arms 6, springs connected with said rods f and f, with thefree ends of which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or rollermovable on said beam, adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said tripdevices, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapementconnected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extendingthrough said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at itsopposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

11. Inamechanicalmotor,tl1e combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, consisting,essentially, of a pair of channeled sections 0 and 0 each section havinga cup-shaped portion a at the top, an oscillating beam having aball-piece arranged in said cup-shaped portions, trip devices at theends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices canbe brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam,adapted to engage with said trip devices, an operating mechanismconcealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rodconnected with said ball device of said beam, arranged in said channeledsections of said standard or post and in operative engagement at itsopposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

12. In a mechanical motor,the combination,

with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post onsaid base, consisting, essentially, of a pair of channeled sections 0and 0, each section having a cup-shaped portion 0" at the top, anoscillating beam having a ball-piece arranged in said cup-shapedportions, trip devices a and e pivotally connected with each end of saidbeam, comprising arms 6, e and c rodsfandf on said base, having curvedend portions in holding engagement with the free ends of said arms 6',springs connected with said rodsfandf with the free ends of which saidarms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam,adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said trip devices, and anoperating mechanism concealed in said chamber for actuating said beam,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. In a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, consisting,essentially, of a pair of channeled sections a and 0, each sectionhavinga cup-shaped portion 0 at the top, an oscillating beam having aball-piece arranged in said cup-shaped portions, trip devices 6 and epivotally connected with each end of said beam, comprising arms a, c andc rodsfandf on said base, having curved end portions in holdingengagement with the free ends of said arms 6, springs connected withsaid rods f and f with. the free ends of which said arms 6 can be madeto engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage withsaid arms 0 of said trip devices, and an operating mechanism concealedin said chamber for actuating said beam, comprising, a spring-actuatedgear mechanism, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connectedwith said ball device of said beam, arranged in said channeled sectionsof said standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite endwith said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

14. In a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with achamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beamon said standard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, and aspringactuated gear mechanism in said chamber, having a winding-arbor,and supporting legs or knobs on said base, one of said legs or knobsbeing operatively connected with said winding-arbor of said mechanism,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 20th day of April, 1899.

CLEMENT O. OLAWSON.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, WM. II. CAMFIELD, Jr.

